Table 2.

Emergence agitation score among the three groups (mean ± SD).

Groups	Time after extubation (min)
	0	5	10	30	60
A (n = 29)	1.33 ± 0.41	1.01 ± 0.52	0.87 ± 0.16	0.58 ± 0.62	0.00 ± 0.00
B (n = 30)	1.31 ± 0.32	0.97 ± 0.47	0.84 ± 0.09	0.55 ± 0.64	0.00 ± 0.00
C (n = 28)	2.82 ± 0.21*	2.71 ± 0.45*	2.07 ± 0.51*	0.60 ± 0.28	0.00 ± 0.00

^* P < 0.05 versus groups A and B.